The amount of food wasted is staggering. Each year, more than 130 billionpounds of food is lost or wasted in the U.S., with the average familythrowing away $1,500 in groceries. Much of the food that’s lost tends to be the most nutritious: fruits, vegetables, dairy and grain.

Despite the advance of online retail and a testing economy, the number of chain retail outlets closing on Great Britain’s high streets is at its lowest level for seven years, PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC) reveals.